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Vivian Collins <dragonentrprises@hotmail.com> wrote in article
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.> I Hope that; everyone who is complaining about the MD being a lossy
>  compression technique are true to their beliefs and stick by the
> LD player when DVD arrives as DVD uses compression techniques to fit the 
> entire movie onto a CD
>

Well I've never heard of a video-phile (pun?), but many people are
audio-philes, or hifi enthusiasts. I've been following the discussion
lucifer & co have been having about poor old MDs, and people get really
upset about audio quality, but I don't know as many people to get upset
about video quality.

Movie buffs don't review a movie and bitch about the video quality (unless
it's an incredibly awful tape from the local hire shop), they just watch
movies for the story, production, actors etc. Movie buffs just watch a
movie and don't expect perfect video reproduction. Hifi buffs on the other
hand are generally anal about the slightest colouring of the sound which
they hear - unless your're lucifer with pointy ears.

MDs are very good for what they are intended for - a consumer recordable
digital media. Even Sony haven't claimed that they see MDs replacing CDs,
just a complement. I've use MDs for taking to work or using in the car
(can't stand stuffing around with CDs in the car, and what's the point ?),
but at home I never use them. If you're using a quality amp / speaker / cd
/ phono combination, the MD can't match them at all. If you can't tell the
difference between your MD and your CD on the same system, then chuck out
your speakers & amp and get something decent. Remember to chuck out the MD
player as well. If you can't tell the difference between a cheap 'mass' CD
player and a good quality hifi job, then chuck out your amp / speakers and
the cheap CD player.

Cheers,
Trevor.